Girlfriends

...in prime time. She has directed television and film including "Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" featuring Will Smith, "A Different World," "Girlfriends," "The Jamie Foxx Show" and "Family Ties." For over a decade, Allen has written, choreographed...

In this article: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, James Earl Jones, A Raisin in the Sun, Adrian Lester, Richard Blackwood, Royal Shakespeare Company, Tennessee Williams, and Alex Haley

...(Keesha Sharp), a product of the black Chicago elite. Adding to development of the show's characters, Girlfriends: The Seventh Season finds the girlfriends on a path of personal growth. Maya is evolving as a mother. Lynn is settling down...

In this article: Tracee Ellis Ross, Toni Childs, Reggie Hayes, Persia White, and Keesha Sharp

...to understand a woman's problems. He and Kevin Beigel have since hired a bunch of female writers (including Mara Brock Akil from "Girlfriends"), and maybe their episodes will more evenly distribute the laughs than Lawrence's script did...

In this article: Mara Brock Akil and Courteney Cox

...Peterson from the show The Parent Hood. She's 18 now and just graduated from high school. In 2008, she had a small role on the series Girlfriends as a student of Joan's (Tracee Ellis Ross) fiance Aaron (Richard T. Jones). I'm Just Me- WE...

In this article: Tracee Ellis Ross and Richard T. Jones

...- Published: Sep 05, 2009 at 4:26 pm 0 comments The Game was a spinoff from the successful series Girlfriends that aired on The CW from 2006-2009. Girlfriends creator Mara Brock Akil had an idea for a new series, a show about football...

In this article: The Game, Mara Brock Akil, Tia Mowry, DVD, and Brittany Daniel

The popular sitcom Girlfriends, which ran for eight seasons, featured a group of four educated black women. Here, Joan (Tracee Ellis Ross) has a drink with Maya (Golden Brooks), whose marriage to her high-school sweetheart ended on the...

In this article: Golden Brooks, Yale University, Tracee Ellis Ross, and Purdue University

...- "The Game" is not over yet. Cable channel BET is in talks to order a new season of the comedy, a spinoff from the long-running "Girlfriends." The CW canceled "Game" in May after three seasons. Series creator Mara Brock Akil in April...

In this article: BET, The Game, CBS Studios, Mara Brock Akil, Los Angeles, and Reuters

...inner-city teens. Nickelodeon's Lil' JJ hosted a concert and comedy routine, and Cee Cee Michaela, star of the former UPN and CW series "Girlfriends," gave a motivational speech and abstinence workshop at the Worthdale Community Center off...

In this article: Raleigh, UPN, Sexually transmitted disease, and Nickelodeon

...consists of such knockoff cable-style reality originals as "My Fair Wedding" and "Raising Sextuplets" along with endless repeats of "Girlfriends" and "The Golden Girls," and strikes me as a good example of just how little a channel may...

In this article: Graham Norton, BBC America, Lifetime, Oxygen, The Graham Norton Effect, UPN, The Graham Norton Show, and Comedy Central

...of African Americans. There have been shows that have spoken knowingly to a predominantly black audience, such as "Living Single" and "Girlfriends." "Soul Food" and "Lincoln Heights" address the small segmented audiences of cable. Only...

In this article: Michelle Obama, Mara Brock Akil, The Cosby Show, Bill Cosby, and Cosby